“Avaricious, cruel, depraved, envious, mean-spirited, vengeful—the wicked have been with us since the beginnings of humankind. You might recognize them and you might not. But make no mistake. When someone wicked crosses your path, your life will never be the same. Do you know someone wicked? You will.

The 21 stories in the Someone Wicked anthology were written by the members of the Written Remains Writers Guild and its friends, and was edited by JM Reinbold and Weldon Burge.”

Someone Wicked is an eclectic web of stories spun around the central theme of evil incarnate, with a diversity of genre and style that is the hallmark of Smart Rhino Publications (and good anthologies everywhere). The authors featured in this collection include veteran storytellers as well as virgin word-wrights for whom Someone Wicked is a first-time publication. Contributors include:

Gail Husch – Reckonings

Billie Sue Mosiman – The Flenser

Mike Dunne – The Fire of Iblis

Christine Morgan – Sven Bloodhair

Ramona DeFelice Long – The Chances

Russell Reece – Abracadabra

Carson Buckingham – The Plotnik Curse

Chantal Noordeloos – Mirror Mirror

Patrick Derrickson – The Next King

Barbara Ross – Home Improvements

JM Reinbold – Missing

Shaun Meeks – Despair

Liz DeJesus – Sisters: A Fairy Tale

Doug Blakeslee – The Flowering Princess of Dreams

Justynn Tyme – The Semi-Aquatic Blue Baker of Borneo

Ernestus Jiminy Chald – The Tail of Fate

Weldon Burge – Right-Hand Man

Joseph Badal – Ultimate Betrayal

Maria Masington – Impresario

L.L. Soares – Sometimes the Good Witch Sings to Me

and – hey, that’s me! –

Shannon Connor Winward – The Devil Inside.

Interested in learning more? Someone Wicked is being featured at The Mortuary, an online forum dedicated to the horror genre in all its forms. Creep over to the discussion to see what readers and authors are saying about the Someone Wicked stories.

By the way, the illustration for the cover for Someone Wicked (which I absolutely LOVE) was created by Jamie Mahon and designed by Amy York. Learn more about all the Someone Wicked, as well as news and updates, over at www.SmartRhino.com.